How long does it take to see any results?

Try comparing a picture of yourself now to when you started.

Also maybe start taking measurements.

In my personal experience, I saw very little change when I lost the first 10 lbs. However, the next 10 lbs were quite apparent, and the next 10 even more so. At the final stages, even two lbs make a difference.

The more weight you lose, the more visual difference a few lbs make. Hang in there, you'll start seeing changes soon. And take measurements and a before picture. Good luck!

I noticed a difference just 2 days ago when I hit the 17lbs lost mark. That was the first time I looked in the mirror and said whoa, I really notice it now.

I'm 5'6", started at 170, currently 150. My clothes started fitting looser at 10-12 lbs lost, but it wasn't until about 15-17 lbs lost that my pants were very obviously too big to continue wearing. It also depends on where on your body you are losing the most weight. I'm still the same size in tops (medium) and skirts (medium/large), it's only my pant size that has gone down appreciably. And even at almost 20 lbs lost, I've only gone down one full size.

This weekend was the first time I've allowed myself to buy any new clothes since losing weight, as I don't want to spend a lot of money purchasing new clothes just to lose additional weight. However, I couldn't really get away with it at work anymore and at a minimum needed a few pairs of pants. I was a size 12 at 170, and this weekend I purchased 2 pairs of size 8 pants. Those pants are pretty tight right now (tight enough that if I weren't going to lose any more weight I would have sized up), but I think at another 5-10 lb loss they will fit perfectly. For the time being, I'm pulling some skirts out of the depths of my closet for work.

AigreDoux wrote: »

Ah, I didn't take any photos or measurements.

Even if my memory is off, shouldn't my clothes be looser if I'm 9 lbs lighter though?

Depends on your body. I would definitely not notice 9lbs on my frame.

Honestly if you take progress pics it is much easier to see your progress, for some people it just takes longer to notice a difference, depending on where you are losing the weight from first. I def noticed cuz it all came from my boobs first lmao. But it has been almost a year since I started losing weight (about 80 lbs) and I took pics in the very beginning, but deleted them because i did not like how i looked in them obviously. During that time I did notice my legs get much smaller, but it seemed as if my midsection had not changed one bit. Until! I recently found out about "the cloud" and could see all my old pictures. Holy crap I was a cow and the difference is amazing, but I could not see the difference in myself when looking in the mirror or even my clothes even though I went down in clothing size. But seeing those pictures made me wish I had taken more progressive pics like once a month or every few months. It may take a while, but it will be well worth it. And I definitely think progress pics is the way to go!

I had the opposite problem--the scale refused to move for about 6 weeks, meanwhile, I was down 2 pants sizes and saw HUGE differences in progress pictures after only 3 weeks.

Definitely take pictures and measurements, they're a lot more accurate.

pictures always help

And I think it might depend on what size you started in. Subjectively, it seems like the smaller I got, the closer together (pounds-wise) the sizes were.

I'm your height, 5'5", and I remember distinctly buying new jeans in a size 12 at one point, then going back a month later & fitting an 8. I can't give you a specific time period for the earlier phases, but I know I started out in a 16 (womens, US) in April 2015, and I think it was somewhere around June or July to get from the 16 to the 12. (Sorry my memory isn't better!) Most of that time period, I was losing about 1.5-2 pounds a week, but slowed down later. I'm active, but this was mostly eating-driven - I've been active for a dozen years (while staying fat, until I fixed the eating ).

(If it matters: SW was 183. CW is around 121 - really a little less than I'd like, but not crazy given my bone structure. I'm wearing size 6 jeans now, but they're pretty loose - thinking I'm a 4 if not smaller.)